stevecanuck
Well-Known Member
Have the last 77 years been worth it?
In 1947 the UN passed resolution 181 calling for the formation of two countries - Israel and Palestine. It also recommended that they be joined economically, which would have greatly benefited Palestinians. Israel agreed to the borders, but the Palestinians rejected it out of hand. Palestine had been part of one empire or another for over 3 thousand years, yet they turned the offer of independence down without even considering it, and instead stepped up terrorist attacks against Jewish settlements (all of which at that time were on legally purchased land). Perhaps the Palestinian allotment was less than desired, but negotiating a better deal was never considered. Their rejection of 181 and the resulting war in which Israel was attacked by eight Arab nations created the refugee crisis that plagues Palestinians to this day, with no end in sight. Palestinians traded independence for never-ending war and displacement. The phrase 'Palestinian refugee' never had to exist.
International aid to Palestine, for just one example, went to building terrorist tunnels under a hospital rather than to buying a backup generator for it. Palestians in Gaza and the West Bank were under Egyptian and Jordanian occupation from 1948 to 1967, yet they kept Palestinians in camps as propaganda fodder rather than create self-rule zones for them. Has all the death, displacement, and misery been worth it? And if so, how?
In 1947 the UN passed resolution 181 calling for the formation of two countries - Israel and Palestine. It also recommended that they be joined economically, which would have greatly benefited Palestinians. Israel agreed to the borders, but the Palestinians rejected it out of hand. Palestine had been part of one empire or another for over 3 thousand years, yet they turned the offer of independence down without even considering it, and instead stepped up terrorist attacks against Jewish settlements (all of which at that time were on legally purchased land). Perhaps the Palestinian allotment was less than desired, but negotiating a better deal was never considered. Their rejection of 181 and the resulting war in which Israel was attacked by eight Arab nations created the refugee crisis that plagues Palestinians to this day, with no end in sight. Palestinians traded independence for never-ending war and displacement. The phrase 'Palestinian refugee' never had to exist.
International aid to Palestine, for just one example, went to building terrorist tunnels under a hospital rather than to buying a backup generator for it. Palestians in Gaza and the West Bank were under Egyptian and Jordanian occupation from 1948 to 1967, yet they kept Palestinians in camps as propaganda fodder rather than create self-rule zones for them. Has all the death, displacement, and misery been worth it? And if so, how?